Investigational cancer drugs unintentionally may result in tumor growth
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Student veterans continue to serve their country by helping their community
Veteran Ian Smith barely graduated from high school. Today, he is earning his degree in global leadership and management in University College in Arts & Sciences and is leading a team of engineers to develop low-cost prosthetics using 3D printers.
Nominations open for Gephardt Institute’s Civic Scholars Program
Nominations are now open for the Gephardt Institute for Public Service’s Civic Scholars Program. The program now consists of both a classic and a study abroad cohort. Faculty, staff and administrators can nominate sophomores for either group here. The nomination deadline is Dec. 2.
Religion & Politics wins reporting award
Religion & Politics, the online news journal of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics at Washington University in St. Louis, won the Gerald A. Renner Enterprise Religion Report of the Year Award at the Religion Newswriters Association’s annual awards ceremony in Austin, Texas.
Recycle holiday lights at WUSTL
This holiday season, the Washington University in St. Louis community can bring burned-out or unwanted light strings to campus to be recycled. WUSTL’s Office of Sustainability and the Sustainability Action Team at the School of Medicine are partnering with StLouisGreen.com and Operation Food Search on the initiative, which runs Nov. 16-Jan. 12.
‘Privacy and Surveillance’ roundtable discussion to address history, meaning of privacy
Is privacy a “right”? What are we willing to sacrifice for privacy? How consistent are our beliefs about privacy and how consistently do we “practice” it? In response to these types of questions, Washington University in St. Louis experts on privacy issues, ranging from the history of privacy to privacy law, will participate in a roundtable discussion, titled “Privacy and Surveillance,” from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, in Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom.
Trustees grant faculty promotions, tenure
At a Board of Trustees meeting in October, several faculty members were appointed, promoted or granted tenure. Read more to find out the details.
Eight tons of support and counting:
Some 10 boxes, weighing over 100 pounds and
carrying everything from breakfast bars, coffee, air fresheners, hand
sanitizers, trail mix and home-baked goods, are on
their way to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, thanks to Washington
University’s Military Care Package group. With the November mailing, the group reached another milestone. Since 2004, WUSTL staff, students, faculty and
administrators have donated, packaged and shipped more than eight tons of supplies to troops serving in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
CSD survey shows effectiveness of veterans and community service
Feder named managing director of private markets at Washington University in St. Louis
Daniel E. Feder, JD, has been named managing director of private markets at Washington University Investment Management Co. (WUIMC) — the investment office for the endowment at Washington University in St. Louis. As a senior member of the WUIMC, Feder will play a key role in the overall management of WUSTL’s endowment and other university assets, which were valued at $6.2 billion at the end of the 2013 fiscal year. His appointment is effective Dec. 2.